The statutes of Louisiana establish two different injury leave pay provisions for public school teachers who sustain injuries on the job, depending on the cause of the injury. A statute commonly referred to as the physical contact pay provision states that if a public school teacher “is injured or disabled as a result of physical contact with a student while providing physical assistance to a student to prevent danger or risk of injury to the student,” the teacher is entitled to “receive sick leave for a period up to one calendar year without reduction in pay... while injured or disabled as a result of rendering such assistance.” A separate statute, commonly referred to as the assault or battery pay